Lazarus Saturday

Lazarus Saturday
The Raising of Lazarus — 15th century. Novgorod school. 72 x 60 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Also called	List Bulgarian: Лазаровден, romanized: Lazarovden Greek: Λαζαροσάββατο, romanized: Lazarosabbato Russian: Лазарева суббота, romanized: Lazareva Subbota Serbian: Врбица, romanized: Vrbica or Лазарева субота romanized: Lazarоva Subota
Observed by	Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Christians
Type	Eastern Christian
Date	Variable (depends on the paschal computus)
2023 date	8 April
2024 date	27 April
2025 date	12 April
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Raising of Lazarus, Great Lent, Palm Sunday

Lazarus Saturday in Eastern Christianity (consisting of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox^[1][2] Churches^[a]) refers to the moveable feast before Palm Sunday to which it is liturgically linked. It celebrates the raising of Lazarus of Bethany. Bethany is recorded in the New Testament as a small village in Judaea, the home of the siblings Mary of Bethany, Martha, and Lazarus, as well as that of Simon the Leper.

John's gospel reports that "Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead."^[3] Presumably, it is where he spent the Great Sabbath that occurs immediately before Passover, prior to his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Jesus is reported to have lodged there during Holy Week, and it is where his anointing by Lazarus' sister Mary took place a few days later on Holy Wednesday.

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